Shoe holding device



March 22, 1949.. A. H. GLORIG 65,017

SHOE HOLDING DEVICE Filed May 27, 1947 5? v INVENTOR.

Patented Mar. 22, I949 l'iED S 2 Claims.

The present invention relates to equipment for facilitating the shining of shoes.

One of the principal objects of this invention is the provision of an improved easily adjustable shoe holder for shoe-shining establishments and. the like, permitting expeditious mounting of the shoe on said holder and means for automatically and firmly locking the shoe thereon upon movement of the shoe supporting elements to shoe en gaging positions.

The disadvantages and. objections relative to the home-shining of shoes are Well known, because of the awkwardness of stooping to the shoes and the likelihood of smearing shoe polish on unwanted objects, such as floors, woodwork, chairs and the like, because in order to reach the shoes when being worn, it usually is necessary to sup port the foot on some suitable object, and it becomes very diificult to avoid overreaching the edges or margins of the shoes with the polishcarrying applicator, with attendant soiling of the surface of the supporting object with polish.

The present invention provides a simple device for mounting shoes in any desired position and for automatically holding the shoes firmly during shoe-shining operations.

The present invention has for one of its objects the provision of a shoe-holder which is adapted to be secured at a convenient height to a wall, or other substantially vertical surface, with a shoe held by the holder well spaced from the wall.

A further object of the invention is to provide a shoe-holder which automatically grips a shoe placed thereon, and which is readily adjustable horizontally relative to the mounting wall, and which is automatically self-locking in adjusted position.

A still further object of this invention is to provide interchangeable elements for holding shoes of difierent sizes, while preserving the features of adjustability and self-locking adjustments.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a shoe-holder of the indicated type which may be assembled and disassembled and which occupies only a small space when dismantled, and which is free from screws or other difiicult removable parts, rendering assembly and dismantling of the device very easily and expeditiously accomplished.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent as the description proceeds, and the features of novelty will be pointed out in particu- Iarity in the appended claims.

The invention will be understood by reference to the accompanying drawings showing an exemplary embodiment of the improved construction of the present invention, wherein Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a shoe holder embodying the features of the present invention, the view being partly in section, and indicating the features of adjustahility with automatic locking of the device in adjusted position, the View also including the manner in which a shoe is held on the device of the invention and retained thereon for shining operations.

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the construction of Fig. 1, partly in section.

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the mounting bracket element of Fig. 1.

Fig, 5 is a perspective view of the shoe-holder arm shown in Fig. l, the View being taken in conjunction with Fig. 4.- to show the elements of Figs. 4 and 5 in position ready for assembling.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a shoe-holding spring adapted to be mounted in the arm of Fig. 5 for holding last members against the inner sides of a. shoe, as indicated in Fig. 2.

Fig. '7 is a sectional plan view of one of the shoeholding last members of Fig. 2, the view showing a fragment of a spring portion connected to the last members to indicate the mode of attachment thereto.

The illustrated embodiment of the present invention will be understood more particularly by reference to the drawings, in which A is a bracket mounted on a wall, or other mounting surface B,

so that arm ill of bracket A extends substantially at right angles to the vertical wall, that is to say, it is substantially horizontally disposed. The bracket A is attached to the mounting surface B by a plate H and screws l2. Bracket A also includes an arm 13, which is substantially at right angles to the arm Hi, and, when the device of the invention is mounted for use, the arm I3 extends substantially vertically downwardly from the bracket arm it. The arm 83 is provided with a tapering elf-set end portion l4 having a corrugated surface portion 15 which will be referred to hereinafter. The arm l3 also is provided with an enlarged portion I6 having an opening ll therethrough, which opening is in the same vertical plane with the arm iii. The opening I! is adapted to receive an arm l8 of a complemental sliding member C, the opening I1 and the arm I8 being illustrated as being rectangular in cross-section, although any other shape will serve. Thus the opening I! and the arm 1'8 may be rectangular in cross-section, the only important feature being that the opening I! and the arm 18 be so proportioned that the arm [8 is received freely in the opening I! so that when in service the sliding member C will be held frictionally in the opening I! by the slope or cant of the arm l8, as will be apparent from Fig. 1, the opening I! forming a bearing for the arm I 8.

The sliding member C also has a last-holding shank l9 that is substantially at right angles to arm I 8 and in the same vertical plane as said arm. The shank I9 may be shaped as indicated in Fig. 5, with an enlarged end portion provided with a hole 20 therethrough and a looking notch 2| having a cam surface 22, for a purpose hereinafter set forth.

Cooperating with the shank I 9 is a yoke 23, the details of which are shown in Fig. 6. This yoke 23 has registering holes 24 through end portion 25, aid holes being adapted to register with hole 20 in shank IQ of sliding member C. The end portion 25 of yoke portion 23 is adapted to receive snugly the end portion of shank l9, and is adapted to be secured thereto by a cotter pin 26 inserted through the registering holes 2 3 and 20, the cotter pin allowing the yoke 23 to pivot on the cotter pin relative to the shank l9. End 21 of yoke 23 is received in the notch if when the arms of the yoke 23 are depressed under the weight of the load, the cam surface 22 of notch 2| guiding the yoke end 21 into the notch 2|, this notch thereby forming a stop for limiting the tilting movement of the yoke 23.

The yoke 23 has a pair of diverging spring arms 28, each of which is secured by screws or other suitable fastening means 2Q passing through the holes 30 provided therefor in the spring arms, to corresponding last members 3| that are adapted to enter a shoe 32 and grip the shoe tightly in the forward portion thereof to the yoke 23 by pressure of the spring arms 28. The arms 28 are mounted with anchoring flan es 33 which are embedded or pressed into the last members.

With the shoe thus mounted at its forward portion and with the spring yoke 23 attached to the shank [9 of sliding member C, by the cotter pin 26, the sliding member C is adjusted relatively to the bracket A by moving the arm 58 through the bearing opening I! in arm l3 of bracket A until the corrugated surface portion I is brought into tight engagement with the heel portion of the shoe, as indicated in Fig. 1, the corrugations l5 inhibiting slipping of the heel portion of the shoe, the shoe thereby being held securely both fore and aft against slipping or turning while being polished. Immediately upon proper adjustment of the shoe relative to the corrugations I5, the sliding member C becomes frictionally locked in opening I"! upon release of the shoe-supporting sliding member C, the weight of the shoe causing the sliding member C to tilt so as to frictionally engage the arm and maintain the adjustment.

The supporting equipment of the invention firmly holds the shoe with all surfaces thereof readily accessible to the shine operator, while maintaining the shoe removed from any surfaces, thus minimizing the danger of unwanted soiling. The shoe being shined is held so as to enable the operator to have his hands free at all times for the shining manipulations. The convenient height at which the bracket A may be mounted obviates all inconveniences from stooping or manually handling the shoe during shining. The spring arms 28 adapt the last members 3| to engage shoes of different sizes, the longitudinal adjustment of sliding member C relative to bracket A taking care of differences in lengths of the shoe being shined. The last members are removable readily by removing the cotter pin 26, and replacing the illustrated last assembly with a ladys last for adapting the device for womens shoes, in a manner which will be apparent.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the improved construction of this invention may be modified in its details in ways that will become readily suggested to one skilled in this art without departing from the concept of the invention, and it will be understood that it is intended and desired to embrace within the scope of this invention such modifications and changes as may be necessary or desirable to adapt it to varying conditions and uses, as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I desire protected by Letters Patent is as set forth in the following claims:

1. A shoe holding device comprising, in combination, a holding bracket adapted to be mounted on a mounting surface, the said holding bracket having, when mounted on the said surface, a substantially horizontal arm and a substantially vertical arm depending therefrom, bearing means in the depending arm, a sliding member having a substantially horizontal arm adapted to be inserted in the bearing means and slidable therein, a substantially vertical last-supporting shank depending from the inserted arm, an approximately horizontally extending resilient shoegripping means adapted to grip a shoe forwardly thereof, means pivotally connecting the resilient shoe-gripping means to the vertical shank of the sliding member, stop means on the said vertical shank for limiting the pivotal movement of the shoe-gripping means when a shoe is held thereon, said sliding member being freely slidable in said bearing means for enabling adjustment of the shoe-grip ing means relative to the vertical arm of the holding bracket, and means on the said vertical arm of the holding bracket for engaging the heel portion of the shoe held on the shoe-gripping means for preventing, in cooperation with the shoe-gripping means, movement of the shoe during the shoe-shining operation, the inserted arm of the sliding member in the bearing means becoming tilted under the weight of the shoe causing the said inserted arm to engage the bearing means and be frictionally held thereby in adjusted position.

2. A shoe-holding device comprising, in combination, a holding bracket adapted to be mounted on a mounting surface, and including, when so mounted, a substantially horizontal arm and a substantially vertical arm depending therefrom and integral therewith, bearing means in the vertical arm, a sliding member having an arm portion adapted to be inserted in the bearing means as a substantially horizontal arm and a last-holding shank integral with the inserted arm and depending approximately vertically therefrom, an approximately horizontally-extending automatically adjustable resilient shoegripping means adapted to receive and hold shoes of different sizes forwardly thereof, said resilient shoe-gripping means including a resilient shoeholding yoke having a substantially U-shaped rear portion adapted to fit around the last-holding shank of the sliding member, diverging spring arms extending forwardly from each side of the U-shaped rear portions and last members on the arms for holding a shoe placed thereon, means 5 removably and pivotally attaching the said U-shaped rear portion of the yoke to the depending last-holding shank adjacent to the lower end thereof, the said yoke being adapted to be removed from the shank and replaced by a similar yoke and last members but of a different size, whereby shoes of different widths and lengths from said first mentioned shoes may be mounted thereon, the said depending arm being provided with an inwardly and upwardly extending notch adapted to receive the U-shaped rear portion of the yoke for restraining pivotal tilting movement of the yoke under Weight of a shoe held on the shoe-holding last members, the inserted arm of the sliding member being freely slidable in the bearing means in the vertical arm of the holding bracket for enabling adjustment of the shoe-holding yoke relative to the vertical arm of the holding bracket, the said vertical arm terminating in shoe-engaging means adapted to hold the heel portion of the shoe mounted on the shoe-holding yoke, in cooperation with the forward shoe-holding means, for preventing movement of the shoe, the inserted, horizontal arm of the sliding member becoming slightly tilted in 25 6 its bearing under the weight of the shoe and of the sliding member to engage the bearing means and be frictionally secured thereby in adjusted position.

ARAM HOVANNES GLORIG.

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